KC-135 Stratotanker tour [Image 3 of 5]

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, WA, UNITED STATES

11.19.2015

Personnel with the 92nd Comptroller Squadron view the boom on a KC-135 Stratotanker during a tour Nov. 19, 2015, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. In-flight refueling specialists, often referred to as ‘boomers,’ lay in the boom pod in the back of a KC-135 to transfer thousands of gallons of fuel to other aircraft while upwards of 20,000 feet in the air. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Mackenzie Richardson)